I agree with Jeff on the status meetings. They should be brief and to the point.

For longer meetings, it depends on the topic(s). Long planning meetings where the topic...

First, contact a tax accountant and a tax attorney (separate firms).

Second, I would give the appropriate two weeks notice and start clearing out my office.

Third, take a short...

Ron Porter (3/17/2011)

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It seems we all agree that we should be using types that match the data and that our conversions should be explicit. So how did we get to...

Interestingly, I inherited a process where the previous person stored integer values in a varchar(3) field and did poor quality checks on the data coming in. The people doing data...

Personally, I love working from home. While i do not have a declared "Office" area, no one else is home during that time. I have found that my productivity skyrockets...

I think I would define my new career based on my middle . Wayne = Wagon or cart maker.

So, as that time period is still the very early era...

With the exception of one IT company I worked for, none of my other employers have appreciated what a DBA is/does. Even within some of the IT departments/work groups, it...

I am all in favor of appropriate indentation and comments, as well as code reviews.

One of the other things that drives me nuts is cryptic naming of columns and...

We use the term "idiot-proof". Never get there. They always find bigger idiots.

Nifty feature. I did get the answer wrong as nothing happened until I used the CTRL key.

Since learning of this today, we are already in discussions of the possible applications...

I liked this question. But the answers are subjective. I answered; the person posing the question, the person answering the question, and I had hoped there was some form of...

I have worked at a couple of places where meetings were banned after noon on Fridays. The purpose was to allow folks to get closure on their work week and...

if you do not set the boundaries of the effort, either with software, home maintenance, etc) how will you ever know when you are finished, without the need for rework.

I have worn suits as required, business smart and business casual. But one of the few things I like about where I work now is that I simply dress appropriate...

First, Happy B-Day to Steve.

Second, My birthday is in June. If things go well, I may get the opportunity to marry off one daughter, and see the other graduate from...